If server space and moderation are concerns you might consider leveraging and directing to another existing community such as the MyPaint subreddit <https://www.reddit.com/r/mypaint> instead.
On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 9:31 PM Sreenivas Alapati < sreenivas9alap...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.howtoinstalldiscourse.com/how-to-setup-an-amazon-ec2-instance-to-host-discourse-for-free-manual-install/ > > The installation process is pretty simple it seems. We can use free tier > for an year, of course, that based on the traffic we get on the forum. I > will give it a spin and see how it goes. > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2015, 7:23 AM Sreenivas Alapati < > sreenivas9alap...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would also vote for discourse. Its really neat. Regarding server, we >> can look into getting an aws account and host it over there. Its very cheap >> and highly scalable. Based on the traffic of previous mypaint forum we can >> choose a tyre and start with it. >> >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015, 12:46 AM Albert Westra <odysseywes...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Discourse will do all and it's also mobile friendly unlike the old >>> fourm. The problem is that we would need someone to donate server space and >>> power and to run and maintain it. However we would be independent and not >>> tied down by the limitations of Tumbler, deviantart, google, ect just like >>> it was before. >>> >>> However, an alternative would be to use Google Plus Community groups >>> which are nice as well. I've maintaining one for Jupiter Broadcasting for a >>> couple of years now and it working fine for me.The only downside is that >>> people would need a Google account which may be unsettling for more of the >>> privacy concern people. But as far as "free forums" are concern this would >>> be the best option. >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 7:59 AM Andrew Chadwick <a.t.chadw...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> What would we need from a new forums system if we chose to go that >>>> way? Just a few ideas here: >>>> >>>> - A really important aspect of the forums is to let people share their >>>> artwork, painting tips, and resources (and frustrations, general >>>> comments on the world, inspirations...) >>>> >>>> - A WYSIWYG post editor would be needed, with simple ways of doing >>>> multimedia attachments. We're dealing with regular people here, not >>>> programmers. >>>> >>>> - I'd probably replace any bug report subforums with just a link to >>>> the issue tracker :) The same might be said for suggestions too, or we >>>> could declare the forums as bluesky thinking / possibly-impractical >>>> brainstorming territory and the tracker as the place to bring your >>>> idea when you have mockups and snippets of code etc. (Shorter: don't >>>> make me think it through for you!) >>>> >>>> - We'd need file upload for resource sharing. >>>> >>>> Question is, do more modern approaches like curated Tumblrs (e.g. >>>> http://made-with-mypaint.tumblr.com/) or uses of Github fit some/any >>>> of these requirements? >>>> >>>> - There is already a PR for splitting out the brush collection to a >>>> submodule or a separate project. But it would still be "the brushes >>>> that ship with MyPaint", not a distribution system. >>>> >>>> - Currently the Wiki is open and editable, and is also the place we >>>> link brushes from. But they're only links. >>>> >>>> - We're not going to know about good proposals coming through the >>>> system unless people share them as PRs or new issues. But maybe that's >>>> OK? >>>> >>>> >>>> On 15 November 2015 at 15:42, Andrew Chadwick <a.t.chadw...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > TBH, maintaining forums would be just a headache for me. If we want >>>> > those, I would have to hand over moderation duties basically >>>> > completely because I simply don't have the time for it. >>>> > >>>> > Sorry for being so lax on monitoring the forums. If they come back in >>>> > their existing form, I will have to hand over the reins on them to >>>> > someone else. >>>> > >>>> > The issue tracker is OK for program feature proposals, and great for >>>> > program bug reports (of course). It's greate for making Big Important >>>> > Decisions too. However I feel it'd be an awful place for artist >>>> > community growth. I need more active report triagers already, and >>>> > would need active post moderators too if we start using it as "the >>>> > forums", whatever that might mean. >>>> > >>>> > There will even come a time when we have to crack down on feature >>>> > proposals on the issue tracker, I worry. I'm becoming burnt out by a >>>> > recent flush of (pretty good) suggestions already, so it's clear that >>>> > even the current picture doesn't scale. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On 15 November 2015 at 04:54, Albert Westra <odysseywes...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> Jeykll is a good CMS to use and has a good size user base so good >>>> support >>>> >> and good amount of available themes. Hugo is Faster and simpler to >>>> use, and >>>> >> uses Markdown like Jeykll. After thinking about I would go for >>>> Jeykll since >>>> >> speed isn't really necessary and most people would be familiar with >>>> Jeykll. >>>> >> >>>> >> Now what do we do about the forum? We could switch to discorse, but >>>> that >>>> >> will still require someone to maintain a server. Or do we just >>>> expand the >>>> >> issue tracker and use the mailing lists more? Discouse dose mainly >>>> use tags >>>> >> just like how the issue tracker uses lables. Me personally I would >>>> just >>>> >> expand the issue tracker. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On Sat, Nov 14, 2015, 8:34 PM Andrew Chadwick < >>>> a.t.chadw...@gmail.com> >>>> >> wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> http://mypaint.org and http://www.mypaint.org should now be up and >>>> >>> running with a tiny placeholder site. No redirects to other domains. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> I've asked our DNS hosting provider, who also host the redirect >>>> sites, >>>> >>> to point [www].mypaint.info at mypaint.org. IMO this is a good >>>> >>> redirect to have, since I've been secretly rewriting links to point >>>> at >>>> >>> mypaint.org for about a year. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> It may be that we have to just migrate the old content somewhere >>>> else, >>>> >>> which could be interesting. >>>> >>> If we do that, perhaps it's worth rebuilding the site properly. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Any modern CMS or site builder that allows gh-pages hosting would be >>>> >>> great for sharing out the site work. I just happen to like Jekyll >>>> >>> because it's there in my Debian distribution (so lazy). Markdown >>>> >>> appeals to my programmer brain and makes nice diffs. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> Mypaint-discuss mailing list >>>> >>> Mypaint-discuss@gna.org >>>> >>> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/mypaint-discuss >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> Mypaint-discuss mailing list >>>> >> Mypaint-discuss@gna.org >>>> >> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/mypaint-discuss >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Andrew Chadwick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Andrew Chadwick >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mypaint-discuss mailing list >>>> Mypaint-discuss@gna.org >>>> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/mypaint-discuss >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mypaint-discuss mailing list >>> Mypaint-discuss@gna.org >>> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/mypaint-discuss >>> >> -- >> http://cg-cnu.blogspot.in/ >> https://github.com/cg-cnu >> > -- > http://cg-cnu.blogspot.in/ > https://github.com/cg-cnu > _______________________________________________ > Mypaint-discuss mailing list > Mypaint-discuss@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/mypaint-discuss >
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